Cane Sugar?

Question

I was very not away that cane sugar is made from animal bones? Is this true? If so how do you make sure that the sugar you are eatting does not involve that? I am really confused. Does that mean that everything I eat, vegetarian or not, involves some type of animal product if it has sugar in it?

Answer 1

NO, NO, NO!

I've been a veggie since I was about four years old, vegan for about 15 years, done a lot of research, written a website on the subject, contacted sugar producers in the U.K., U.S.A. and Canada and few if any still use bone charcol in the process.

A few things you can do if the product contains sugar, is it kosher, parave means NO meat product, kosher, is it labeled suitable for vegan or have any vegan stamp of approval, then it's obviously not got bone in it!

In all instances contact the sugar manufacturer and as I said, most will tell you that cane sugar is vegan.

The following sugar companies DO NOT use bone-char filters:

Florida Crystals Refinery
Labels: Florida Crystals
Refined Sugars Incorporated
Labels: Jack Frost, Country Cane, 4# Flow-Sweet
Pillsbury
Makes powdered brown sugar
Supreme Sugar Company (subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland)
Labels: Supreme, Southern Bell, Rouse's Markets

Answer 2

Yes, cane sugar goes through a bone char filter, but there are brands that don't use it (you can write to them and find out, I believe) and alternative sugar types (ex beet sugar). And the bone char is only to refine it, so other products should not all include it.

Answer 3

Its processing may involve a bone char filter. The activated filter decolorizes sugar to make it white through an absorption process. Bone char filter is used by some major sugar companies, but not necessarily by all.

Domino and C&H both use bone char filters.

Answer 4

Cane sugar comes from the sugar cane plant.

Answer 5

Cane sugar is sucrose made from sugar cane. I don't know where you got the "animal bone theory" from.